Work Experience:

Old Navy, San Francisco, CA, May ’06 – July ‘06
Freelance Assistant Designer – Girl’s Woven Items
Designed girls woven dresses and tops. Designed beading details, patterns, and embroidery designs for girls tops, denim pants and skirts. Assisted in choosing seasonal prints, colors, fabrics, buttons, shanks and artwork inspirations.

Atelier des Modistes, San Francisco, CA, July ’05 – May ‘06
Design Assistant – Couture and Ready-to-Wear Bridal gowns.
Collaborated in the design of couture wedding gowns, specialized in beading motifs with semi-precious stones on bodices, hems, and waistbands Assisted in all aspects of the boutique’s creations from pattern-making, cutting, sewing, and detail design.

Guess?, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, July ‘04 – July ‘05
Assistant Designer – Men’s Outerwear & Non-Denim Bottoms
Designed leather jackets, blazers, ski-jackets, non-denim jackets, pants and shorts. Assisted in all aspects of seasonal designs and production; selected garment fabric/color, trims, buttons, rivets, shanks, linings, thread colors, artwork, screen-prints, and embroidery.

Los Angeles Denim Atelier, Los Angeles, CA, July ’04 – July ‘05
Assistant Designer – Men’s Outwear, Denim, and Non-Denim Bottoms
Collaborated in the inception of Guess?’s high-end specialty subdivision. Assisted in branding, marketing, and product design. Designed leather jackets, men’s outerwear, and jeans - including signature back pocket stitch design.

Nicole Miller, New York, NY, Jan ’04 – Feb ‘04
Fashion Design Intern – Miller Girl Division
Designed beaded images and prints, dyed fabric samples and garments, created flats, created jewelry for fashion show, dressed for the fashion show, chose fabrics and trim, placement of artwork on garments, traced patterns.

Formal Education:

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts
Major: Apparel Design
Minor: Fashion Photography, Jewelry Design

Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Fashion and painting instruction
Training in figure drawing, still-life drawing, jewelry design, and painting

Professional Skills:

Expertise in drawing, flat pattern making, designing, and sewing. Fluency in U4ia, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Technique painting with gauche and oil, jewelry design, and beading. French language study

Awards:

Designs featured in RISD Annual Fashion Show
2002, 2003, 2004
William Penn Charter School, Outstanding Visual Arts Award
2000